EVERYDAY CHALLENGES HE BELIEVES
NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
IT’S STRANGE TO THINK OF THE NBA
SEASON STARTING AGAIN WITHOUT
STEPH CURRY.
THE SUPERSTAR POINT GUARD FOR
THE GOLDEN STATE WARRIORS.
BUT THESE ARE STRANGE TIMES.
CURRY’S WARRIORS ARE NOT AMONG
THE 22 TEAMS TO QUALIFY TO
GATHER IN ORLANDO INSIDE WHAT
SOME ARE CALLING THE NBA BUBBLE.
PLAYING IN A BUBBLE, LIVING IN
THIS BUBBLE IN ORLANDO.
YOU AND YOUR WARRIORS, NOT ONE
OF THE 22.
WHAT’S IT LIKE BEING OUTSIDE THE
BUBBLE LOOKING IN?
>> I HEAR THEY’RE PLAYING,
MAKING IT WORK.
IT’S GOING TO BE A HUGE
SACRIFICE FOR ALL THE GUYS TO
STICK WITH THE PROPO TOLLTOCOLSP
SAFE.
BUT HOPEFULLY IT WORKS.
HOPEFULLY WE GET THROUGH THE
FINALS AND SEE WHO COMES OUT ON
TOP.
>> Reporter: WE CAUGHT UP WITH
CURRY AS HE PLAYED IN THE
AMERICAN CENTURY GOLF
CHAMPIONSHIP AT LAKE TAHOE OVER
THE WEEKEND WHILE THERE HE AND
CHARLES BARKLEY AND OTHER NAMES
FROM PRO SPORTS TOOK PART IN A
ROUND TABLE SPECIAL CALLED "RACE
& SPORTS IN AMERICA:
CONVERSATIONS."
>> AS A FATHER WITH YOUNG
CHILDREN, THEY’RE ASKING
QUESTIONS BECAUSE THEY’RE BEING
SHOWN THESE IMAGES.
YOU SHOULDN’T SHIELD THEM FROM
THIS.
>> Reporter: WHAT DO YOU WANT
PEOPLE TO TAKE AWAY FROM THE
SPECIAL?
>> ANY TIME WE HAVE AN
OPPORTUNITY TO EXPERIENCE AND
HAVE PEOPLE LISTEN AND KEEP
APPLYING PRESSURE.
I THINK THAT’S IMPORTANT.
THAT’S WHY WE ALL WANTED TO TALK
ON IT.
YOU KNOW, HOPEFULLY PEOPLE GET
SOMETHING FROM IT AND CONTINUE
THE CONVERSATION THEMSELVES.
>> Reporter: YOU SPENT SOME TIME
TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING THAT I
DON’T THINK GETS A LOT OF
ATTENTION.
YOU TALKED ABOUT SUBTLE RACISM.
WHAT IS SUBTLE RACISM TO YOU AND
HOW HAVE YOU EXPERIENCED IT?
>> AS A BLACK MAN IN THIS
SOCIETY, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A
LITTLE BIT OF POLISH.
YOU’RE ARTICULATE, INTELLIGENT.
YOU MIGHT BE ACCEPTED, BUT
THERE’S STILL KIND OF THAT
SUBTLE REMARK AROUND, OH, YOU
KNOW, YOU’RE SO WELL SPOKEN.
THOSE KIND OF JUST SUBTLE JABS.
>> Reporter: DURING THE GOLF
TOURNAMENT, CURRY WORE CUSTOM
CLEATS HONORING BREONNA TAYLOR
WHO WAS KILLED DURING A RAID ON
HER HOME.
OF THE THREE OFFICERS INVOLVED,
ONE HAS BEEN FIRED WHILE THE
OTHER TWO ARE ON ADMINISTRATIVE
LEAVE.
YOU SAID HER NAME, IF YOU WILL,
BY WEARING THOSE CUSTOMIZED GOLF
CLEATS THIS WEEKEND HONORING
BREONNA TAYLOR.
WHY HER STORY?
>> THERE’S NO REASON WHY THERE
SHOULDN’T BE -- THOSE COPS THAT
WERE RESPONSIBLE THAT SHOULDN’T
BE BROUGHT TO JUSTICE FOR HOW
EVERYTHING WENT DOWN.
AND THAT SAY HER NAME THING IS
HUGE IN TERMS OF CONTINUING TO,
AGAIN, APPLY PRESSURE TO THAT
CONVERSATION.
>> Reporter: SOCIAL JUSTICE
PHRASES ARE GOING TO BE ALLOWED
ON TEAM JERSEYS WHEN THEY DO
START HERE IN A FEW WEEKS.
ARE YOU AT ALL CONCERNED ABOUT
ALIENATING FANS?
>> NO.
NOT SENSITIVE TO THAT AT ALL.
I APPLAUD EVERY PLAYER THAT’S
GOING TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY.
WE’RE HUMAN FIRST.
AND IF YOU CAN’T ACCEPT WHAT WE
WANT TO TALK ABOUT OR WHAT WE
WANT TO HIGHLIGHT OR WHAT WE
WANT TO CHANGE IN OUR SOCIETY,
THEN DON’T ACCEPT US AS
BASKETBALL PLAYERS EITHER.
>> Reporter: FELLOW PANELIST
CHARLES BARKLEY CAUSED A STIR ON
FRIDAY WITH COMMENTS DURING AN
INTERVIEW WITH CNBC.
>> THE FANS ARE AT SUCH A
DISADVANTAGE.
BECAUSE THEY’RE GOING THROUGH
THE PANDEMIC AND THEY DON’T WANT
TO SEE A BUNCH OF RICH PEOPLE
TALKING ABOUT STUFF ALL THE
TIME.
>> Reporter: WAS HE TALKING TO
YOU?
WAS HE TALKING ABOUT YOU?
WAS HE TALKING ABOUT THE EFFORT
YOU’RE PART OF?
>> HE SAID SPORTS BRINGS
EVERYBODY TOGETHER IN A SENSE.
BUT THERE’S A DOUBLE EDGED SWORD
TO IT.
YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A MICROPHONE
IN FRONT OF OUR FACE ALL THE
TIME.
AND IF WE’RE KNOWLEDGEABLE ABOUT
WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT,
PASSIONATE ABOUT WHAT WE’RE
TALKING ABOUT, THEN WE SHOULD
SPEAK ON IT.
THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
CAN’T SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES IN
THIS COUNTRY.
>> Reporter: AS A FATHER, NOT A
BASKETBALL PLAYER FOR A MOMENT,
BUT AS A FATHER AS YOU HAVE
WATCHED IT AND LISTENED TO ALL
THAT’S BEEN HAPPENING IN OUR
COUNTRY OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS
NOW, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
>> I THINK IT’S A GREAT TIME TO
BE ALIVE TO SEE, YOU KNOW, THE
PARTICIPATION AT PROTESTS.
I GOT TO BRING MY 7-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER.
SHE WAS ASKING QUESTIONS ABOUT
WHY WE WERE OUT THERE AND WHAT
WE WERE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH.
BY THE END, LEADING CHANTS
HERSELF.
SO AGAIN, THIS IS A GENERATION
THAT CAN USE ALL THE RESOURCES
WE HAVE AVAILABLE TO MAKE
MEANINGFUL IMPACT.
I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAY WE
HAVE TO CONTINUE TO DO IT EVEN
IF WE DON’T SEE THOSE CHANGES
RIGHT AWAY.
>> STEPH WENT ON TO SAY IF YOU
CAN’T ACCEPT ME AS AN ACTIVIST,
IF YOU CAN’T ACCEPT THE THINGS I
WANT TO TALK ABOUT, YOU CAN’T
ACCEPT ME AS AN ATHLETE EITHER.
HE SAID THE TWO GO HAND IN HAND.
YOU’LL APPRECIATE THIS.
THAT GOLF TOURNAMENT OVER THE
WEEKEND, HE ACTUALLY STARTED
PRETTY SLOW.
>> WHERE’D HE END UP?
>> NUMBER FOUR.
HE FINISHED FOURTH IN THAT
AMERICAN CENTURY GOLF
TOURNAMENT.
PLAYED WITH HIS DAD.
STARTED WITH HIS DAD.
THEN HE PLAYED WITH JERRY RICE
AND SOME OTHER GUYS.
AND AT THE END, THEY DO THIS
THING, YOU KNOW, WHERE THEY JUMP
IN THE LAKE.
>> THEY DO?
>> OH, YEAH.
>> THAT’S FUN.
>> THEY ALL JUMP IN THERE AT
LAKE TAHOE.
THAT CONVERSATION, BY THE WAY,
THAT ROUND TABLE CONVERSATION
"RACE & SPORTS IN AMERICA:
CONVERSATIONS," IT’S ON GOL